Mouse embryo polyA content?

In article <53eedo$i7c at cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> Steven Sullivan,
sullivan at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu writes:
>>anyone have a reliable figure for the percetage of total RNA (or actual
>mass per embryo) that mouse maternal mRNA comprises? Bachvarova et al
>1985 say something liek 10% which I find hard to believe.
Rosemary Bachvarova did *alot* of work on this. From what I learned from
my postdoc on gene regulation during mouse oogenesis, I think she is
right.
you can e-mail her at Cornell Med. Alternatively, chat with Sid
Strickland at SUNY Stony Brook or John Eppig at the Jackson Labs.
(WWW.JAX.ORG)
**my opinions are just that**
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